History & Directors

Now, 26 years later, the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund has distributed more than $85 million to prevent hunger and homelessness among Bay Area residents.  With the generous support of our donors, the Fund has helped thousands of children and their parents move out of shelters into permanent housing and prevented thousands more from going hungry or homeless.

During the annual fundraising effort, which runs from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve, Chronicle reporters and photographers fan out across the Bay Area to document the challenges facing individuals and families in need.  These stories are published in the Chronicle and on sfgate.com.  The Chronicle also publishes lists of contributors, a running total of donations to the Fund, and advertisements encouraging Bay Area residents to help their neighbors in their time of crisis.

The San Francisco Chronicle supports the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund covering administrative costs and in-kind support as well. The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund also provides support to help cover the costs of the Fund’s administrative expenses. 

The Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund has evolved into one of the largest private sources of emergency financial assistance in the Bay Area.  Each year, our neighbors show their concern and compassion for others by contributing millions of dollars to the Fund. In 2011-2012, the Fund raised a record $6.7million.

The Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund is looking forward to another year of fundraising in 2012-2013– so we can help still more of our neighbors weather these difficult economic times.

Board of Directors

Ward Bushee
Editor, San Francisco Chronicle

Ira Hirschfield
President, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

George B. Irish
Vice President and Eastern Director, The Hearst Foundations

Frank Vega
Publisher, San Francisco Chronicle

Officers

Frank Vega, President

Ward Bushee, Vice President

Elizabeth Cain, Secretary/Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, San Francisco Chronicle

Staff